North High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,428 students
Great Oaks High School and Career Center
100 East Euclid, Des Moines, IA 50313
Grades
9–12
High
Students
72
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
24.2 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Charter Organization: Oakmont Education
Polk County
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About Great Oaks High School and Career Center
Great Oaks High School and Career Center is a charter high school in Des Moines, Iowa, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Charter Organization: Oakmont Education. The school is located in a midsize city in Polk County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 72 students were enrolled, with about 24.2 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Iowa high school (13.8 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Iowa State Board of Education.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 72 students
- Students per teacher
- 24.2 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Iowa State Board of Education
- Locale
- City — Midsize
- School district
- Charter Organization: Oakmont Education
- County
- Polk County
- NCES school ID
- 199902202328
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.